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According to Ethnologue, the following languages have more than 50 million first-language speakers as of 2025. This section does not include entries that Ethnologue

approximately 150 million native speakers. Punjabi is the most widely-spoken first language in Pakistan, with 88.9 million native speakers according to the 2023

population speak Guyanese Creole, an English-based creole language, as a first language. Guyana is part of the Commonwealth Caribbean. It is part of the mainland

Dee's journals also refer to this language as "Celestial Speech", "First Language of God-Christ", "Holy Language", or "Language of Angels". He also referred

national population speak Sepedi as their first language. Sepedi ranks as the fifth most spoken first language. According to Chapter 1, Section 6 of the

2% of the population speaks Portuguese, the official language, as a first language, and 33% speak it as a second language. Guinea-Bissau Creole, a Portuguese-based

Macedonian Greek general and companion of Alexander the Great. Her first language was Koine Greek, and she is the only Ptolemaic ruler known to have learned

his two predecessors, was born in Great Britain, spoke English as his first language, and never visited Hanover. George was born during the reign of his

official languages of South Africa and Zimbabwe. Xhosa is spoken as a first language by approximately 8 million people and as a second language in South

centuries, Sanskrit became tradition-bound, stopped being learned as a first language, and ultimately stopped developing as a living language. The hymns of

ones (namely ă, â, î, ț, and ș), totalling 31. Romanian is spoken as a first language by 91.55% of the entire population, while Hungarian and Vlax Romani

The 1910 United States census, conducted by the Census Bureau on April 15, 1910, determined the resident population of the United States to be 92,228,496

41%) Muslims (1.17%) Other (0.53%) Languages of Bathinda district (First Language) (2011) Punjabi (89.56%) Hindi (8.61%) Other (1.83%) According to the

used in a number of Haredi Jewish communities worldwide; it is the first language of the home, school, and in many social settings among many Haredi Jews

northern Europe with North Germanic languages being the most common first language in the Faroe Islands (Faroese), Iceland (Icelandic), Denmark (Danish)

language in the past, today most Irish people speak English as their first language. Historically, the Irish nation was made up of kin groups or clans,

first half is said to have been written by Benedict in German, his first language, in the summer of 2005; the second half is derived from uncompleted

then-population of 1.34 billion spoke some variety of Mandarin Chinese as their first language, accounting for 71% of the country's population. According to the 2019

Hungary (250,000). Some 1.6 million U.S. citizens speak German as their first language, the largest number of German speakers overseas." Moser 2011, pp. 171–172

first language, while the second largest first language was Turkish at 9%. In the subsequent census of 1955, Kurdish constituted the first language for

policies have also affected neighboring communities. Today, Russian is the first language for many Jewish communities in a number of Post-Soviet states, such

the first language internationally, in Singapore's education system, it is used to refer to the second language, as English is the first language. Students

Phrygian word for 'bread'. From this, Psammetichus concluded that the first language was Phrygian. King James IV of Scotland is said to have tried a similar

also encompassed other European and Indian ancestries. Anglo-Indians' first language is usually English. Prior to 1911, various designations like "Eurasian"

carried out by National Statistics Institute, Spanish is considered as first language by 81.53%, while Catalan/Valencian by 10.50%, Galician by 3.77% and

Welsh, Irish and Scottish Gaelic. Cornish, which became extinct as a first language in the late 18th century, is being revived and has a small group of

Approximately 15,000 people (2022) are estimated to speak Solos as a first language out of an ethnic population of about 17,000 (2022). Solos uses an adapted

Commission, alongside English and French. German is the most widely spoken first language in the European Union, with around 100 million native speakers. Recognised

and others as a first language or second language. In some small towns in the former Transvaal, Afrikaans is used as a first language by older Indians

Moroccan Jews spoke Moroccan vernacular Arabic, or Darija, as their first language, even in Amazigh areas, which was facilitated by their literacy in Hebrew

of Tanzania. It is spoken by the Zanaki people of Musoma and was the first language of Tanzanian president Julius Nyerere, son of the King Burito Nyerere

honestiores, an upper class of citizens known as honorable men, Augustine's first language was likely Latin. At the age of 11, Augustine was sent to school at

Tenzin Gyatso, speaks the Xining dialect as his first language: he has said that his first language was "a broken Xining language which was (a dialect

majority of Muslims speak one of the Rajasthani languages as their first language. Sindhi is also common in the cities and along the border with Sindh

no longer widely spoken. Language acquisition – Process in which a first language is being acquired Origin of language – Relationship between language

contexts. As of 2018, most children of Kimbu speakers learn Swahili as a first language, and do not learn Kimbu well. Kimbu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription

Southern Sotho, Tsonga, Swazi, Venda, and Southern Ndebele (in order of first language speakers), as well as South African Sign Language which was recognised

of Genoa (1768); by 1859, French had replaced Italian as Corsica's first language so much so that, by the time of the Liberation of France (1945), nearly

and other Gujarati peoples. They speak the Memoni language as their first language, which shares vocabulary with the Sindhi language, Kutchi language and

percent of Winnipeggers speak English as their first language, and 2.8 percent have a first language of French (Canada's other official language). Other

evidence shows the gradual shift from Hebrew to Aramaic: Hebrew is used as first language and in society; other similar Canaanite languages are known and understood

native language in Lahore, with 73.58% of Lahore counting it as their first language according to the 2023 Census. Lahore is the largest Punjabi-speaking

language in the country, with 0.5 to 3% of the population speaking it as first language, mainly in the country's south where its speakers are concentrated.

as their first language. The dialect is in between Kangri and Dogri, the two neighbouring languages. Languages of Pathankot (First Language) (2011) Punjabi

approximately 25 per cent of the region's population speaks French as a first language, compared with 3.2 per cent in the northwest. Virtually the entire region

000. At the 2021 census, 78.4% of Londoners spoke English as their first language. The 5 biggest languages outside of English were Romanian, Spanish,

originating in Guangzhou. It is spoken by 93.7% of the population, 88.2% as a first language and 5.5% as a second language. Slightly over half the population (58

education, business transactions and official purposes. English as a first language is used by only a small minority of the country's urban elite, and it

among foreign residents: almost 800,000 people speak Romanian as their first language (22% of foreign residents aged 6 and over). Other prevalent mother tongues

are spoken. The Miskito language, spoken by the Miskito people as a first language and some other indigenous and Afro-descendants people as a second, third

1900, 11.6% of the population of Alsace–Lorraine spoke French as their first language (11.0% in 1905, 10.9% in 1910). That small francophone areas were affected

with Cheke Holo. There is a 30% to 60% literacy rate in Zabana as a first language and a 25% to 50% literacy rate in Zabana as a second language. Zabana

Lahu. There are only about 100 speakers left, all of whom are also first-language speakers of Lipo. Lamo speakers were located by Bradley in 1999. Lamu

languages overall. 15% of the population in Greenland speak Danish as a first language. This language branch is separated from the West Germanic languages

30,566 (first language) 19,144 (second language) 0.21% 1960 21,703 (first language) 38,275 (second language) 0.22% 1965 26,007 (first language) 55,158

of these plantation workers began acquiring Hawaiian Pidgin as their first language, leading to its creolization. This transition marked the emergence of

northeast Malaita, in the Solomon Islands. In 1999, Lau had about 16,937 first-language speakers, with many second-language speakers through Malaitan communities

groups. Approximately 10 per cent of Tanzanians speak Swahili as a first language, and up to 90 per cent speak it as a second language. Many educated

that in the Icelandic basic curriculum, Icelandic Sign Language is the first language of deaf people, while spoken Icelandic is a second language. Therefore

Manado Malay is commonly used among the Sangirese, sometimes as a first language. Manado Malay is particularly influential in Tahuna and Manado. /ɣ/

Retrieved 7 March 2019. "Legislation Enshrines Mi'kmaw as Nova Scotia's First Language". Province of Nova Scotia (in English and Mi'kmaw). L'nu Affairs. 7

well as nested functions under lexical scope. ALGOL 60 was also the first language with a clear distinction between value and name-parameters and their

some degree, though not all speak it fluently. Many now learn it as a first language, in particular the children of parents or grandparents who originally

nations. Approximately 94% of the population speak Tokelauan as their first language. Tokelau has the smallest economy of any nation. It is a leader in renewable

district for year 2011 in descending order. Languages of Punjab, India (First Language) (2011) Punjabi (89.8%) Hindi (7.9%) Others (2.3%) Punjabi is the native

subject one takes. Typical “core” subjects for IGCSE candidates include a First Language, Second Language, Mathematics and one or more subjects in the Sciences

or dialects of French, and most Brusselers adopted French as their first language, the Flemings refused to do so and succeeded progressively in making

the 2021 Census, 47.0% of Montreal residents spoke French alone as a first language, while 13.0% spoke English alone. Some 2% spoke both English and French

high similarity of German to Luxembourgish but also because it is the first language taught to children in primary school (language of literacy acquisition)

Konkani as the sole official language of Goa. Konkani is spoken as a first language by about 66.11% of the people in the state, but almost all Goans can

archipelago located east of the South Island. Moriori went extinct as a first language at the turn of the 20th century, but revitalisation attempts are ongoing

language or Siamese language, the sole official language in Thailand and first language of most people in Central Thailand, including Thai Chinese in Southern

can produce, or "wild" onomatopoeia. As one begins to acquire one's first language, the proportion of "wild" onomatopoeia reduces in favor of sounds which

census, 91.12% of the population spoke Punjabi and 7.90% Hindi as their first language. The city is part of the Amritsar (Lok Sabha constituency). Golden Temple

America. About 20% percent of the population speaks Spanish as their first language, while 27% speaks a mother language other than English. More than 200

Pakistan's decision to adopt Urdu (only 9.25% of Pakistanis speak Urdu as a first language according to 2023 Pakistani Census) as its national language in a country

courtly language; this led to Persian reaching nearly the status of a first language for many inhabitants of Mughal India. Historian Muzaffar Alam argues

Whitehorse (French pronunciation: [wajtɔʁs]) is the capital of Yukon, and the largest city in Northern Canada. It was incorporated in 1950 and is located

who mostly practise Sunni Islam and speak a dialect of Malay as their first language. The territory is administered by the Australian federal government's

perhaps earlier in Algeria. Judeo-Berber is a contact language; the first language of speakers was Judeo-Arabic. Speakers immigrated to Israel in the 1950s

was officially designated the first language within the local education system in 1987. English is the first language learned by half the children by

parallel medium (formerly purely Afrikaans medium) strictly Afrikaans as a first language high school situated in Krugersdorp, Gauteng, South Africa. The cultural

being replaced by Spanish. Most Ecuadorians speak Spanish as their first language, with its ubiquity permeating and dominating most of the country. Despite

being replaced by Spanish. Most Ecuadorians speak Spanish as their first language, with its ubiquity permeating and dominating most of the country. Despite

whose first language is English Afrikaans: Englishman. A derogatory term used to refer to white South Africans of British descent whose first language is

According to the 2024 census, 57.6% of the population used German as their first language (standard German in the written form and the South Tyrolean dialect

political, religious, and educational contexts, Western Pantar remains the first language of children of the region, and is acquired to some extent by immigrants

or Bi-Bi deaf education programs use sign language as the native, or first language, to teach Deaf children. In the United States, for example, Bi-Bi proponents

Europe. Armenian is the official language in Armenia and is spoken as a first language by the majority of its population. Armenian is a pluricentric language

Language shift during the 19th century replaced Irish with English as the first language for a vast majority of the population. Fewer than 2% of the population

000 (2012 estimate) Finnish deaf who have Finnish Sign Language as a first language. As the Finnish system records users by their written language, not

Portuguese or who speak Portuguese as a first language are unknown, a 2012 study mentions that Portuguese is the first language of 39% of the population. In 2014

specified their first language as English in South Africa's 2011 Census was 1,603,575. The total white population with a first language specified was 4

person-first language (e.g. "a person with obesity"), the use of medicalized terminology, and the avoidance of stigma. Person-first language, which emerged

It is spoken by 87.5 per cent of the population, 80.1 per cent as a first language and 7.5 per cent as a second language. Only 2.3 per cent can speak Portuguese

to Palatine German. Pennsylvania Dutch is still very vigorous as a first language among Old Order Amish and Old Order Mennonites, principally in the Lancaster

Anglo-Indians speak English as their mother tongue, but it is not the first language of most Indians. In addition to South Africa, a number of Commonwealth

Constitution): English, Fijian and Hindi. The Fijian language is spoken as the first language by most indigenous Fijians who make up around 54% of the population

second-language speakers) following Amharic. Forms of Oromo are spoken as a first language by an additional half-million people in parts of northern and eastern

The Conseil scolaire Viamonde (CSV) is a public-secular French first language school board, and manages elementary and secondary schools in the Ontario

north-western coast of India, who speak Marathi as a mother-tongue (first language) and Urdu and follows certain customs slightly differing from the rest

or less than 0.1% of the total population, speak English as their first language, and around 30% of the Indian population can speak English to some extent

Madagascar and the Comoros. Most people in Madagascar speak it as a first language, as do some people of Malagasy descent elsewhere. Malagasy is divided

Google (Alphabet), Meta, and Microsoft. In December 2022, it became the first language other than C and assembly to be supported in the development of the

Gujarati, Urdu, Kannada, Odia, Malayalam. Ordered by number of speakers as first language. The 2011 census recorded 31 individual languages as having more than

(PDF). Pretoria: Statistics South Africa. 2012. Table 2.5 Population by first language spoken and province (number). ISBN 9780621413885. Archived (PDF) from

the South. Sojourner Truth, however, grew up speaking Dutch as her first language. During the Civil War, Truth helped recruit black troops for the Union

of the people in Kano city have come to use the Hausa language as a first language and some have accepted Hausa as an ethnic identification. Since independence

fragments comprising a first-language corpus and a second-language corpus, which is an element-for-element translation of the first-language corpus. Philologies

fluent in Koine Greek, the language he used to write his letters, his first language was probably Aramaic. In his letters, Paul drew heavily on his knowledge

Northern and western Wales retain many areas where Welsh is spoken as a first language by the majority of the population, and English learnt as a second language

existing spoken language. When those with signed languages as their first language read writing associated with a spoken language, this functions as literacy

bilingual Zambians and Zimbabweans. In Zambia Tonga is taught in schools as first language in the whole of Southern Province, Lusaka and Central Provinces. The

and rural areas of Amritsar district. Languages of Amritsar district (First Language) (2011) Punjabi (94.29%) Hindi (4.8%) Others (0.91%) At the time of

Cyprus, where it is taught in Armenian schools (Nareg), and is the first language of about 3,000 people of Armenian descent. Forms of the Karin dialect

are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who speak Kumaoni as their first-language and live mostly in Kumaon division in the state of Uttarakhand in India

facto official language.[citation needed] English is also spoken as a first language by 95.4% of the Northern Ireland population. Under the Good Friday Agreement

language in New Caledonia. There are approximately 1,000 native or first language Jawe speakers, and they account for approximately 1 in 45 people in

are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who speak Kumaoni as their first-language and live mostly in Kumaon division in the state of Uttarakhand in India

of Sliema are stereotypically known for their usage of English as a first language, although this is changing in the 21st century due to demographic shifts

increasing number of people in Ske-speaking villages now speak Bislama as a first language, and Ske is no longer being actively transmitted to children. A closely

typically the first language of citizens from other regions (who often feel no need to learn Basque), and Spanish or French is also the first language of many

daughter, Milaine. Her father is Franco-Manitoban; French was Larson's first language. She holds dual citizenship of Canada and the United States. She was

The Proto-Human language, also known as Proto-Sapiens, Proto-World, or the Urlanguage is the hypothetical direct genetic predecessor of all human languages

Gadchiroli and the Telangana border.[citation needed] Marathi is the first language of a majority or plurality of the people in all districts of Maharashtra

Language (1958), Social Psychology (1965), Psycholinguistics (1970), A First Language: The Early Stages (1973), and Social Psychology: The Second Edition

language is presumed to have been a Genoese dialect (Ligurian) as his first language, though Columbus probably never wrote in it. His name in 15th-century

2011 Census of India, 97.03% speaks Hindi as their first language and 2.6% Urdu as their first language. The local language of the district is Brajbhasha

the original on 22 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022. "Urdu is now first language in Indian state of Telangana". Greater Kashmir. 20 May 2015. Archived

teachers and 89% of medical doctors had learned Hungarian as their first language. Urban and industrial centers' Magyarization proceeded at a particularly

Norwegian, and Swedish—as its working languages. These three comprise the first language of around 80% of the region's population and are learned as a second

boards, the former operating French first language institution, whereas the latter operated English first language institutions. The other two school boards

second- or third-generation Hispanics, including Cuban Americans, whose first language was English. Some non-Hispanic white, black and other races who were

Villages project.[citation needed] The Dalai Lama has said that his first language was "a broken Xining language which was (a dialect of) the Chinese language

groups, with the Punjabi language having a national plurality as the first language of approximately 45 per cent of the total population. Languages with

religious purposes. The table below shows a break-up of Gilgit-Baltistan first-language speakers. The population of Gilgit-Baltistan is entirely Muslim and

languages are taught in schools in Delhi under the three-language formula: First language: Hindi, Urdu, English Second language: English Third language: Urdu

census, the most widely spoken language in the province is Sindhi, the first language of 33,462,299 60% of the population. It is followed by Urdu 12,409,745

Kohima district, Nagaland. In 2011, there is an estimate of 153,000 first language (L1) Angami speakers. Under the UNESCO's Language Vitality and Endangerment

extends to any person of African descent who speaks Swahili as their first language, is Muslim, and lives in a town of the main urban centres of most of

Under the three-language formula, the languages taught in schools are: First language: Gujarati/Hindi/English Second language: Gujarati/English Third language:

Historical censuses Historical demography This is by total speakers, not first-language or native speakers. Excludes Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean

and larger towns About 92% of the population spoke German as their first language. The only minority language with a significant number of speakers (5

who was born in Louisiana. Merced has stated that Spanish was her first language, and she struggled with English when she first started grade school

Jhunjhunu district in Rajasthan. Bagri is the First language in Sirsa district. Bagri is the First language in western Fatehabad district Hisar, Bhiwani

languages. Itsekiri is spoken by nearly 1,000,000 people in Nigeria as a first language and by many others as an additional language notably in the Niger Delta

raised to be bilingual in English and Spanish; the latter was their first language at home. When she was nine, their father was killed in a car accident

Tajpuriya and 1.06% Magar as their first language. In 2011, Nepali was spoken by 55.82% of the population as their first language. Religion: 79.10% were Hindu

most of them have been Indianized so some may have Gujarati as their first language as well, few elders in the community still speak Pashto. Common tribes

Sign Language is used. As a consequence, this language has become the first language of these children and their command of AdaSL is decreasing. This is

Basque and Spanish. When only one parent was a Basque speaker and their first language was Basque, 84% used Basque and Spanish and 16% only Spanish. In Navarre

census, 81.48% of the population spoke Punjabi and 15.63% Hindi as their first language. Jalandhar is notable for its sports goods industry. With an employment

languages. Use of Tok Pisin is growing. It is sometimes learned as a first language, above all by multi-cultural families. Examples of other Melanesian

family of languages, has more first-language speakers than any other African language. It has around 50 million first-language speakers, and close to 30 million

functioned as a symbol of identity among Muslims of South Asia. The first language of less than 1% of the population, it was regarded as a "neutral" and

(The Sand Child). All of his work is written in French although his first language is Darija. He has been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

the family's land holdings, making him extremely wealthy. Benazir's first language was English; as a child she spoke Urdu less frequently although she

classical language of India. As per the 2011 census, Tamil is spoken as the first language by 88.4% of the state's population, followed by Telugu (5.87%), Kannada

alongside her 10 siblings. They were raised by parents who were both Dakota first-language speakers. Her grandfather was Íŋyaŋgmani Hokšída, Running Walker Boy

administrative purposes. However, few South Sudanese speak it as a first language. The majority of languages spoken in South Sudan are classified within

(2021): English as first language: 1.8% French as first language: 95.7% English and French as first language: 0% Other first language: 1.2% List of former

and other non-African languages (0.2%); 0.7% did not declare their first language. Islam was introduced to West Africa in the 11th century and remains

the north central New Georgia in the Solomon Islands. It has 10,000 first-language speakers and an additional 16,000 people mostly over 30 years old speak

Bengali, 5.00% Hindi, 2.66% Santali, 1.82% Urdu and 1.26% Nepali as their first language. Religion in West Bengal (2011) Hinduism (70.54%) Islam (27.01%) Christianity

Spanish. About 93 percent of the population speak Spanish as their first language. Many citizens who hold jobs at international levels, or at business

for later assimilation of the latter. The teaching of literacy in the first language, which received support from the UN, significantly advanced in 1952

significant impact on the region around New York. For example, the first language of U.S. president Martin Van Buren was Dutch. Most of the Dutch immigrants

Dahl was named after Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen. His first language was Norwegian, which he spoke at home with his parents and his sisters

"Know about these 4 Indian villages where Sanskrit is still their first language". Archived from the original on 6 January 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019

society, but an overwhelming majority of Chileans have Spanish as their first language and either are Christians (mainly Catholic) or have a Christian cultural

is Han Chinese. Almost all Cantonese people speak Cantonese as their first language, while most migrants speak forms of Mandarin. In 2010, each language

5.86% Urdu 4.36% Marwari, 3.93% Dhundari and 2.54% Sindhi as their first language. According to the 2011 census, Hindus form the majority religious group

language in the Czech lands. Czech formally remained the kingdom's first language, but both German and Latin were widely spoken among the ruling classes

Welsh lacks the letter Z and the voiced alveolar fricative /z/, some first-language Welsh speakers replace it with the voiceless alveolar fricative /s/

"Maya". Among Maya speakers, Spanish is commonly spoken as a second or first language.[citation needed] There is a significant amount of confusion as to the

specified their first language as English in South Africa's 2011 Census was 1,603,575. The total white population with a first language specified was 4

spoke Punjabi and 3.50% Urdu as their first language. According to the 1998 census, the predominant first language is Punjabi, spoken by 95.9% of the population

help make ends meet. Since Alex and Eddie did not speak English as a first language, they were considered "minority" students and experienced bullying by

portability and the first use of context-free, BNF grammar. Simula, the first language to support object-oriented programming (including subtypes, dynamic

and finite subset of the allowable syntactic variants within their first language, they somehow acquire the highly organized and systematic ability to

(2021): English as first language: 93.4% French as first language: 2.2% English and French as first language: 0.7% Other as first language: 3.1% Gananoque

language is the Susu, spoken by 21.2% of the population in 2018 as their first language. The remainder of the population has other native languages, including

of the population as a second language. The growth of Bislama as a first language has considerably encroached on the indigenous languages, whose use receded

these Hispanophone populations eventually adopted English as their first language and became Americanized. Also called Hispanos, these descendants of

of the 2011 census, 95.14% spoke Kashmiri and 1.49% Hindi as their first language. The city is served by many highways, including National Highway 1A

(2021): English as first language: 93.4% French as first language: 2.2% English and French as first language: 0.7% Other as first language: 3.1% Gananoque

generally literate in English, with a large proportion adopting it as their first language, especially among younger and certain adult generations. Malaysian English

Afrikaans for 1.5%, while 3.4% had another first language. Among whites, Afrikaans was the first language for 59.1% of the population, compared to 35

business. Most Indonesians, however, speak a regional language as their first language. These include Javanese, Sundanese, Minangkabau, Buginese, Balinese

to be born in Sweden, the first to grow up speaking Swedish as his first language, and the first to be raised from birth in the Lutheran faith. He was

worth about ₴37 million (about US$1.5 million) in 2018. Zelenskyy's first language is Russian, and he is fluent in Ukrainian and English also. Since becoming

Zarma and Songhay, Tamasheq, Tassawaq and Tebu. Each is spoken as a first language primarily by the ethnic group with which it is associated. Hausa and

Catalan (over 7 million speakers in Europe, 3.4 million with Catalan as first language), Galician (understood by the 93% of the 2.8 million Galician population)

of 2001). In Chhattisgarh educated people are fluent in Hindi. Some first language speakers use Bhatri as second language. Halbi is often used as a trade

Indigenous Mexican-Americans usually speak an Indigenous language as their first language and may not speak either Spanish or English. Indigenous Mexican-Americans

(ISO 639-3: OJB), or simply Ojibwemowin (Ojibwe). Today English is the first language of many members. The Ontario Saulteaux culture is descended from the

similar to Tok Pisin of Papua New Guinea and other nearby creoles, is the first language of many urban ni-Vanuatu, that is, the residents of Port Vila and Luganville;

Guaraní, spoken by 60% of the population as a first language, with Spanish spoken as a first language by 40% of the population, and fluently spoken by

subjects: Language, Literacy and Communication Afrikaans First Language English First Language English Second Language Mathematical Literacy, Mathematics

much of West Africa) is relatively widespread. Mandinka is spoken as a first language by 38% of the population, Pulaar by 21%, Wolof by 18%, Soninke by 9%

spoke Hindi, 9.03% Urdu, 4.81% Bhojpuri, and 0.92% Bengali as their first language. Varanasi division which consists of four districts, and is headed by

culture means that, glossologically, speakers are identified by the first language of their father. The Siriano language is Tucanoan. Ethnologue Ibáñez

language, part of the Maya language family, the latter typically as their first language. Mam (Maya mythology) Kayb'il B'alam Tecun Uman Takalik Abaj "Resultados

Manding, Fulani and Yoruba, which are spoken as a second (or non-first) language by millions of people. Although many African languages are used on

the population spoke Punjabi, 21.55% Bagri and 9.12% Hindi as their first language. Navdeep Asija, sustainable transport specialist Gurnam Bhullar, singer

Punjabi, 6.41% Urdu, and 2.19% Mewati as their first language. The most widely spoken first language is Saraiki (70%), which is used by the major indigenous

taught in schools in Madhya Pradesh under the Three Language Formula: First language: Any Scheduled Language Second language: Hindi, Urdu or English Third

tongue: English as first language: 0.4% French as first language: 98.5% English and French as first language: 0.3% Other as first language: 0.7% Alma is serviced

of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic language family, died out as a first language in the late 18th century. In the 20th and 21st centuries, it has been

128,622 residents, or 72.3% of the population, who spoke French as a first language. English was the second most common (7,853 or 4.4%), followed by Spanish

languages, Panyjima is endangered. Younger generations have English as a first language and make little distinction between Panyjima and its closely related

too political at the time. Whereas for [Enya and siblings] it was our first language, and we didn’t see anything wrong with it.' Enya took part in her first

countries, especially in Turkey, are increasingly adopting Turkish as their first language as a result of education and family links with the Turkish people. They

Television Network, Mehran TV, and Dharti TV. In Pakistan, Sindhi is the first language of 30.26 million people, or 14.6% of the country's population as of

pursue her dream of acting. Originally from Montreal, French is her first language. Christopher Stanley as Henry Francis (recurring seasons 3–4, main seasons

3% in the same period, so by the 1989 census there were only 1,079 first-language speakers left. That may have been an overcount, however, as the 2010

attending school; he is the only president of the United States whose first language was not English. Also during his childhood, Van Buren learned at his

Spanish is the predominant language of Latin America. It is spoken as first language by about 60% of the population. Portuguese is spoken by about 30%, and

attending school; he is the only president of the United States whose first language was not English. Also during his childhood, Van Buren learned at his

two youth in Copenhagen. Speaker A speaks Berber as a first language and speaker B's first language is Kurdish. Nonetheless, their Danish includes elements

the country, the other ones being English and French. Bislama is the first language of many of the "Urban ni-Vanuatu" (citizens who live in Port Vila and

first language to American thought patterns. Students still thought in their first language and used the rhetorical patterns of their first language to

assembler via punched cards, paper tape, etc. Dartmouth BASIC was the first language to be created with an IDE (and was also the first to be designed for

use Cantonese, with about 300,000 British people claiming it as their first language. This is largely due to the presence of British Hong Kongers and the

3.47% Urdu, 2.24% Sindhi, 2.02% Marathi and 1.90% Marwari as their first language. Ahmedabad lies in western India at 53 metres (174 ft) above sea level

93.01% of the population spoke Punjabi and 5.67% Rajasthani as their first language. The table below shows the number of road accidents and people affected

Outside of Tatarstan, urban Tatars usually speak Russian as their first language (in cities such as Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Nizhniy Novgorod, Tashkent

secular school boards are the English first language Toronto District School Board, and the French first language Conseil scolaire Viamonde. The two Catholic

06% Pashto, 2.01% Mewati, 0.49% Saraiki, and 0.25% Hindko as their first language. According to Pakistan District Education Rankings, a report by Alif

blocks and the begin...end pairs for delimiting them. It was also the first language implementing nested function definitions with lexical scope. Moreover

to her in Yiddish. But my brother ... [was] born in Boston, but his first language was Yiddish because my parents only spoke Yiddish when he was a little

one-third of Schleswig and half of South Schleswig spoke German as their first language. By the time of the Second Schleswig War in 1864, half of Schleswig

census, 89.92% of the population spoke Punjabi and 9.15% Hindi as their first language. The table below shows the number of road accidents and people affected

and rural areas of Ludhiana district. Languages of Ludhiana district (First Language) (2011) Punjabi (79.65%) Hindi (18.19%) Others (2.16%) At the time of

Pulaar du Nord, is dialect of the Fula language spoken primarily as a first language by the Fula and Toucouleur peoples in the Senegal River valley area

population lists English as their mother tongue, while French is the first language for 32%. There are also significant populations who speak Arabic, Italian

content through cargo ports. Simula is generally accepted as being the first language with the primary features and framework of an object-oriented language

97.38% of the population spoke Hindi and 1.27% Braj Bhasha as their first language. The language of Agra is Braj Bhasha, which is a Western Hindi language

Klingon Language Institute, raised his son Alec to speak Klingon as a first language, while the boy's mother communicated with him in English. Alec rarely

Ukrainian-American community in Irvington, with Ukrainian being her first language. Farmiga did not learn English until she started kindergarten at the

11.29% Telugu, 4.95% Tamil, 2.83% Hindi and 1.54% Marathi as their first language. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hospet. "District Census Handbook

North China Plain. Burmese is the national language of Myanmar, and the first language of some 33 million people. Burmese speakers first entered the northern

Latino populations, and aimed specifically at Spanish-dominant and first-language Spanish speakers— originally provided Spanish-dubbed versions of recent

He was born and grew up in London. His mother is Israeli, and his first language was Hebrew. His father was a keen amateur violinist who studied at Oxford

Arabic, Hausa and Swahili languages. Forms of Oromo are spoken as a first language by more than 35 million Oromo people in Ethiopia and by an additional

International found that the language was being taught to children as their first language and used conversationally between multiple generations of speakers,

district spoke Hindi, 7.02% Urdu, 1.82% Awadhi and 1.49% Bhojpuri as their first language. Bahraich district comprises 6 tehsils or sub-divisions, each headed

after ascertaining the wishes of the people). The most widely spoken first language is Tamil, which is native to 88.2% of the population. There are also

colloquial dialects as their first language) or as a third language (if they spoke another language as their first language and a regional variety of colloquial

remainder live in the villages, sub-districts and districts.) Official first language results (1927-1965) The province of Konya is divided into thirty-one

million in the 2011 Madhyamik examination. Compulsory subjects are first language, second language, physical science (combined with physics and chemistry)

Buren, the first president who was not of British descent, and whose first language was Dutch, the 26th president Theodore Roosevelt, and Franklin D. Roosevelt

2021) : French as first language: 83.9% Other as first language: 8.7% English as first language: 4.2% English and French as first language: 1.5% There used

population of Canada is 70,540, of which 33,790 report Inuit as their first language. Greenland and Canada account for the bulk of Inuit speakers, although

dialects) and Gaelic. Of these three, English is the most common form as a first language. There are some other minority languages of the Scottish people, such

of vernacular literatures, and the idea that only writing in one's first language could produce genuinely creative output, found in nationalism and Romanticism

immigrants. By 2001 they comprised 25% of the population. English was the first language for 76% of the inhabitants. In 2009, Port Coquitlam was rated 85th for

Proto-Algonquian in his 1994 paper. By this scenario, Blackfoot was the first language to branch off, which coincides well with its being the most divergent

where the vast majority of the 26,000 inhabitants speak Swedish as a first language. In Finland as a whole, Swedish is one of the two "national" languages

of the population, 507,172 persons (74.1%), spoke Finnish as their first language. The number of Swedish speakers was 36,945 persons (5.4%) of the population

English, with elements of the Tahitian language. It is spoken as a first language by the population and is taught alongside English at the island's only

The language has been nomenclatured as "Ruangmei" and studied as a First Language paper from class I to X of Board of Secondary Education, Manipur. Ruangmei

(2021): English as first language: 93.5% French as first language: 1.1% English and French as first language: 0.4% Other as first language: 4.3% Downtown

primary language of instruction. Around 17,000 Djiboutians speak it as a first language. Immigrant languages include Omani Arabic (38,900 speakers), Amharic

English spoken as a first language accounted for 90.37% of all residents, and 9.62% spoke other languages as their first language. Spanish speakers made

census, 74.72% of the population spoke Punjabi and 22.42% Hindi as their first language. The table below shows the number of road accidents and people affected

Saskatchewan, with writer Alice Kuipers and their four children. His first language is French, but he writes in English. Martel was born in Salamanca, Spain

commentator and novelist. Born in New York City, Buckley spoke Spanish as his first language before learning French and then English as a child. He served stateside

population) speak Hungarian, of whom 9,827,875 people (98.9%) speak it as a first language, while 68,458 people (0.7%) speak it as a second language. About 2.2

Third languages by number of speakers in India (2011 census) Language First language speakers Second language speakers Third language speakers Total speakers

(2021): English as first language: 59.3% French as first language: 32.9% English and French as first language: 4.3% Other as first language: 2.6% The main

correct." Nabokov concludes the afterword with a reference to his beloved first language, which he abandoned as a writer once he moved to the United States in

Romansh as a first language. Romansh lost ground to both German and Italian. In 1900, 31% of the population spoke Italian as a first language, and in 1910

(2021): English as first language: 93.5% French as first language: 2.4% English and French as first language: 0.6% Other as first language: 3.3% List of former

Bhote and 2.30% Gurung as their first language. In 2011, 46.1% of the population spoke Nepali as their first language. Sankhuwasabha District is divided

Irish language, or more specifically Munster Irish, is spoken as a first language in Gaeltachtaí (Irish speaking areas) in a number of areas in the province

000 speakers as of 2002[update], with 50,000 who speak it as their first language. About 250,000 speakers use it as their second language. Masbatenyo

was born in Geneva in present-day Switzerland and spoke French as a first language. Inspired by the ideals of the American Revolution, he immigrated to

people in central Iran, up until the 1880s. Nowadays, it is used as a first language by an estimated 8,000 to 15,000 Zoroastrians in and around the cities

language policy, the younger generation mostly speaks Japanese as their first language. In addition to the northern portion of Okinawa Island, Kunigami is

speech or writing is in no way comparable to that found in Yiddish, the first language for some time among Ashkenazi Jews in Europe. On the other hand, the

people in central Iran, up until the 1880s. Nowadays, it is used as a first language by an estimated 8,000 to 15,000 Zoroastrians in and around the cities

was born in Geneva in present-day Switzerland and spoke French as a first language. Inspired by the ideals of the American Revolution, he immigrated to

(3%), Bhojpuri (2%), Gurung (2%), Magar (2%) and Sherpa (1%) as their first language. English is also spoken by many. Ethnic groups in Kathmandu Newar (24

Population in 2001: 8,317 Language: French as first language: 86.9% English as first language: 8% Other as first language: 2.8% The city has five elementary schools

Welsh (compulsory in Welsh schools): Welsh Language (first language) Welsh Literature (first language) Welsh Second Language GCSEs are awarded on a graded

(2021): English as first language: 34.0 % French as first language: 57.7 % English and French as first language: 3.8 % Other as first language: 3.8 % Responsibilities

Alpin International Beau Soleil in Switzerland. French is Gainsbourg's first language, but she is also fluent in English. Gainsbourg was raised in Paris alongside

United States, China, and France. Over half of McGill students claim a first language other than English, with 19.7 per cent of the students claiming French

same except in the treatment of five modern letters. ISO 9:1995 is the first language-independent, univocal system of one character for one character equivalents

05%) In the 2023 census, 65.23% of the population identified their first language as Punjabi, 14.45% as Hindko, 15.59% as Pashto and 2.68% as Urdu. In

According to Ethnologue, there are "200–2000 who speak Esperanto as a first language". A member of the Klingon Language Institute, d'Armond Speers, attempted

the 1965 census, 3.2% of the population reported Circassian as their first language. 23% of all Circassians in Turkey were in Kayseri. Apart from taxi and

Telugu. The total number of speakers of Telugu, including those whose first language is not Telugu, is around 85 million people. This branch also includes

of the district spoke Hindi, 23.04% Urdu and 2.54% Punjabi as their first language. There are also some Bengali speakers in Bilaspur tehsil. The Punjabis

education at Ysgol Pentrecelyn and was raised speaking Welsh as his first language. He attended Ysgol Maes Garmon, a Welsh medium secondary school in Mold

Hindi (or a related language), 5.76% Urdu and 0.79% Punjabi as their first language. Anei (village) Babhiyapur Chak Khaspur Garh Lakshmi Villa Sarh Bithoor

learn standard German during the period of German rule. It was never a first language. It is currently spoken as a second language by people generally over

spoken language in 2021, with over 110,212 citing English as their first language. Those stating other languages is significantly lower due to the large

language. As of 2010, “Speakers who grew up with Lower Tanana as their first language can be found only in the 250-person village of Minto.” It is one of

tremendous legacy of turmoil, from Scots nobles learning only English as a first language as far back as the 13th century, the implementation of the Statutes

South African population can understand it, with over 13.78 million first-language and over 15 million second-language speakers. Many Zulu people also

in the Shires of Laverton and Ngaanyatjarraku. Ngaanyatjarra is the first language of most residents (65%, see below) with the other language significantly

population spoke Punjabi, 29.24% Hindi and 1.35% Bhojpuri as their first language. Ludhiana Municipal Corporation is the urban local civic body in the

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endangered, with three remaining elders who learned to speak it as a first language, one of whom is deaf. As part of an effort to regain official recognition

living in the Faroes) spoke Faroese as their first language and 1546 spoke Danish as their first language. Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01

Brussels claimed to be bilingual, even if they do not have Dutch as their first language. They are governed by the Brussels Region for economics affairs and

Paris stated in 1986 that in Senegal, 60,000 people spoke French as a first language and 700,000 spoke French as a second language. The total population

of neighbouring Ramban and Kishtwar districts. Sarazi is spoken as a first language by 46,000 people (as of 2001), primarily Hindus, but it is also used

a lingua franca by people with different languages and rarely as a first language. In 1991 there were an estimated 3.5 million second-language speakers

active ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt, spoke Koine Greek as a first language and by her reign (51–30 BC) or some time before it the Macedonian language

of the population in Prayagraj spoke Hindi and 7.69% Urdu as their first language. Prayagraj division, comprising four districts, is headed by the divisional

groups made up 1.66% of the population. Afaan Oromo was spoken as a first language by 90.46%, Amharic was spoken by 7.11% and Somali by 1.05%; the remaining

Paris stated in 1986 that in Senegal, 60,000 people spoke French as a first language and 700,000 spoke French as a second language. The total population

of the population in Prayagraj spoke Hindi and 7.69% Urdu as their first language. Prayagraj division, comprising four districts, is headed by the divisional

ethnic groups made up 1.55% of the population. Oromiffa was spoken as a first language by 81.38% and Amharic was spoken by 17.76%; the remaining 0.86% spoke

97.42% of the population spoke Tamil and 1.07% Saurashtra as their first language. Thanjavur district lies in the Kaveri delta, the most fertile region

16 million inhabitants. Recent research has shown it may be spoken as a first language by approximately 789,000 people in France, Italy, Spain and Monaco.

(2021): English as first language: 34.0 % French as first language: 57.0 % English and French as first language: 4.1 % Other as first language: 4.2 % Clarence-Rockland

population spoke Punjabi, 4.86% Urdu, 1.27% Mewati and 1.22% Pashto as their first language. Allama Iqbal, poet and philosopher Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, Pakistan's

is the everyday language of communication in Sint Maarten, and the first language of native Sint Maarteners. A local variety of Virgin Islands Creole

are listed among the 22 official languages of India. Tamil was the first language to be granted classical language status by the Government of India in

already 51.1% of all pupils spoke another language than German as their first language. In 2009 3.1% of the pupils visited special classes for pupils with

Poland. It is estimated that some 460,000 of them spoke Polish as the first language. According to the 1931 Polish Census: 69% of the population was Polish

census, 92.13% of the population spoke Punjabi and 6.79% Hindi as their first language. Bagri is spoken in the south of the district along the Rajasthan and

South African National Census of 2011, there were almost four million first language Sesotho speakers recorded in South Africa – approximately eight per

21, 1989, in Miramar, Florida, the son of Haitian parents. Derulo's first language was Haitian Creole. His mother went to law school. He started singing

1980, only two first language speakers, both elderly, were alive. Today, all ethnic Shasta people speak English as their first language. According to Golla

1,100 Siberian Yupik people in Alaska speak the language. It is the first language of the home for most St. Lawrence Island children. In Siberia, about

Guadalupe Valdez, refers to individuals who acquire two languages as a "first" language. Most American circumstantial bilinguals acquire their ethnic or immigrant

(1990), which won the Irish Times Irish Literature Prize for Poetry; and First Language: Poems (1993), winner of the T. S. Eliot Prize. His prose includes The

census, 82.84% of the population spoke Hindi and 16.71% Urdu as their first language. Major industries in the district are food processing, paper, textiles

and having evolved into Breton. In the P/Q classification schema, the first language to split off from Proto-Celtic was Gaelic. It has characteristics that

speakers. As of 1994[update], only 37 elderly people spoke Mono as their first language. It is classified as critically endangered by UNESCO. It is spoken in

ethnic groups made up 0.63% of the population. Oromiffa was spoken as a first language by 97.06%, 1.36% spoke Mao, and 1.15% Amharic; the remaining 0.43% spoke

public education, though spoken natively by a minority of people as a first language. Spanish is taught in primary and secondary schools as well. Bilingualism

Large parts of County Donegal are Gaeltacht areas where Irish is the first language and some people in west Belfast also speak Irish, especially in the

(2021): English as first language: 88.4% French as first language: 5.5% English and French as first language: 1.3% Other as first language: 3.8% Merrickville

to acquire a second-language than it is for infants to acquire their first-language?, and (3) How are humans able to understand novel sentences? The study

1952, is a telling example of Kerouac's attempts at writing in his first language, a language he often called Canuck French. Kerouac refers to this short

ethnic groups made up 1.03% of the population. Oromo was spoken as a first language by 93.99% and 5.47% spoke Amharic; the remaining 0.54% spoke all other

French, especially because French is my mother tongue and it’s the first language I ever spoke". ""A million voices calling out in the rain" — Tusse's

Haryanvi, 3.78% Punjabi, 3.59% Bengali and 1.95% Bhojpuri as their first language. Gurgaon has architecturally noteworthy buildings in a wide range of

Census, the majority of the population in Alsace speak French as their first language, 39.0% (or 500,000 people) of the population speak Alsatian, 16.2% (or

census, 95.14% of the population spoke Punjabi and 4.30% Hindi as their first language. The table below shows the population of different religions in absolute